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Beyoncé's Mum Tina Knowles Talks Finding Love Again At 59

It's not just Bey's love life that's worth talking about, as her mum spills the beans on her new beau!

By Sharnez Ritchie

It seems team Knowles-Carter are all sharing a lot more with us these days, as Tina Knowles has spoken for the first time on ending her 30-year marriage to Beyoncè and Solange's father, MatthewKnowles, and on finding love again at 59!

According to the keynote speech she gave at the Women and Money Leadership Luncheonlast week in Houston, Texas, itwas never really a bed of roses with Matthew and Tina. However, with her ex-husband marrying former model GenaCharmaineAvery and unaware of how to start over at 59,Tina fell comfortablyin to the arms of her long-term friend, actorRichard ("that handsome man" as she referred to him) Lawson.

"I been knowing him for 33 years," said Tina."His sister was one of my best friends, and she died of breast cancer 20 years ago. Some of you might remember him as the handsome guy who was on Dynasty, and he was an actor and he was on All My Children. I brought him down (to Texas)one time, and the women went crazy over him.He’s an old friend, like family.

"So Monica called him up and we went by his acting school and he took us out to eat afterwards and my friend says, ‘Okay Richard! Do you know any men?!’ And he’s like, ‘Well, what she looking for?’ So I say, ‘You know, I want somebody with integrity, that believes in God, that likes to dance, likes to have fun and appreciates art.’ And he’s like, ‘Oh! What about me?’ And we both say, ‘Hell no!’ So he says, ‘Okay, well, I’ll see who I can think of.’

"So the next night he took us out dancing and we just had a good time. The next night he came to the concert and he said, ‘Can we just get away from Monica? ‘Cause Monica just takes over the conversation.’

"So we went to lunch and he said, ‘I want to support you during this time,’ because Mathew — he’s friends with Mathew, too — just got married yesterday. So he came to Houston, I went to LA afterwards and it’s been now a year and five months and I’m in a committed relationship with that handsome man! And I’m in my happiest I been in a long, long time."

Watch Tina's full keynote speech above for more insights on her life, love and former modelling career! And you just thought she was responsible for those crazy Destiny's Child costumes...

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